The State Water Board has issued a critical update to water rights holders in the Shasta River watershed. Effective immediately, all water rights with a priority date of January 1, 1958, or later must cease diversions. This decision comes as river flows have dropped below the minimum emergency flow requirement at the Yreka USGS gage.
Water rights holders with priority dates between November 25, 1912, and December 31, 1957, remain under conditional curtailment. These users must reduce their water use in order of priority to maintain a minimum flow of 50 cubic feet per second.
